xiv Incorporated. Societies. 
> WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1876.—President—Dr Buller, C.M.G., F.L.S., 
F.G.S.; Vice-Presidents—T. Kirk, F.L.S., and C. C. Graham ; Council— 
W. T. L. Travers. F.L.S., J. C. Crawford, F.G.S., Dr. Hector, C.MG., 
F.R.S., J. Carruthers, C.E., Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, F.G.8., J. R. George, 
C.E., J. Marchant; Auditor—A. Baker; Secretary and Treasurer—R. B. 
Gore. 
OFFICE-BEARERS FOR 1877. — President—W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S.; 
"ice- Presidents—T. Kirk, F.L.S., J. Carruthers, M.Inst.C.E.; Council—Dr. 
Buller, C.M.G., FELS C. C. Graham, James Hector, M.D., C.M.G., 
F.R.S., Hon. W. B. D. Mantel, F.G.S., J. C. Crawford, F.G.S., A. K. 
Newman, M.B., M.R.C.P., C. Rous Marten, F.R.G.S., F.M.S. ; Secretary 
and Treasurer—R. B. Gore ; Auditor—Arthur Baker. 
Extracts from the Rules of the Wellington Philosophical Society. 
5. Every Member shall contribute annually to the funds of the Society the sum of 
one guinea. 
6. The annual contribution shall be due on the first day of January in each year. 
7. The sum of ten pounds may be paid at any time as a composition for life of the 
ordinary annual payment. 
14. The time and place of the General meetings of Members of the Society shall be 
fixed by the Council, and duly announced by the Secretary. 
AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. 
. OFFICE-BEARERS For 1876.—President—His Honour Mr. Justice Gillies ; 
Council—R. C. Barstow, J. L. Campbell, M.D., J. C. Firth, J. Goodall, 
Hon. Colonel Haultain, T. Heale, Rev. J. Kinder, D.D., G. M. Mitford, 
Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E., J. Stewart, C.E., F. Whitaker ; Secretary 
and Treasurer—T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. ; Auditor—T. Macffarlane. 
OFFICE-BEARERS ror 1877.— President —R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.; 
Council—J. L. Campbell, M.D., J. C. Firth, His Honour Mr. Justice 
Gillies, J. Goodall, C.E., The Hon. Col. Haultain, T. Heale, G. M. Mitford, 
J. A. Pond, Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E., J. Stewart, C.E., The Hon. 
F. Whitaker ; Secretary and Treasurer—T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.8.; Anditor 
T. Macffarlane. 
Extracts from the Rules of the Auckland Institute. 
1. Any person desiring to become a member of the Institute, shall be proposed in 
writing by two members, and shall be balloted for at the next meeting of the Council. 
4. New members on election to pay one guinea entrance fee, in addition to the annual 
subscription of one guinea, the annual subscriptions being payable in advance on the 
first day of April for the then current year, 
5. Members may at any time become life members by one payment of ten pounds ten 
shillings, in lieu of future annual subscriptions. . 
10. Annual General Meeting of the Society on the third Monday of February in each 
year. Ordinary Business Meetings are called by the Council from time to time. 
